Muster Roll of Captain Peter Rutton Esq.'s Company in the 4th Battalion of New Jersey Volunteers commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Abraham Buskirk - Governor's Island, October 29, 1779:
| Rank | Names | Enlistment | Reason Absent |
| Captain | Peter Ruton | ||
| Lieutenant | James Sarvenier | Prisoner with Rebels | |
| Ensign | Philip Van Cortland | Not joined (?) | |
| Sergeant | Samuel Van Giesen | ||
| Sergeant | William Bell | ||
| Sergeant | George Webb | ||
| Corporal | John Hopper | ||
| Corporal | Philip Hanselpacker | ||
| Corporal | Peter Wannemaker | ||
| Drummer | Joseph Sights | ||
| Private | Peter Ramsey | ||
| Private | William Ramsey | ||
| Private | Francis Beaty | ||
| Private | Peter Ridner | ||
| Private | George Smith | ||
| Private | Jacob Romine | ||
| Private | Nicholas Himmeum | ||
| Private | David Degroot | ||
| Private | Abraham Ackerman | ||
| Private | Francis Smith | ||
| Private | Mathew Kneght | Sick in Hospital | |
| Private | Lewish Fisher | ||
| Private | Henry Wannemaker | Sick in Camp | |
| Private | John Wannemaker | ||
| Private | Timothy Collins | ||
| Private | Stephen Foster | ||
| Private | George Hemmeum | ||
| Private | Jacob Hemmeum | ||
| Private | Robert Cleghorn | ||
| Private | John Van Zyle | ||
| Private | Samuel Demorest | ||
| Private | Samuel Conklin | ||
| Private | John Blaufelt | ||
| Private | William Fox | ||
| Private | George Cope | ||
| Private | Nautis Staker | ||
| Private | Joseph Nash | ||
| Private | John Blew | ||
| Private | John Wilkeson | ||
| Private | John Connelly | With Major Brown | |
| Private | Coenrad Hanselpacker | ||
| Private | John Sickels | ||
| Private | William Smith | In the Country | |
| Private | Jacob Ackerson | In the Country | |
| Private | Richard Ackerman | In the Country | |
| Private | Abraham Ruton | Prisoner Before last muster | |
| Private | John Abel | Prisoner Before last muster | |
| Private | Peter Smith | Prisoner Before last muster | |
| Private | John Page | Prisoner Before last muster | |
| Private | William Sturr | Prisoner Before last muster | |
| Private | Nicholas Wannemaker | Prisoner Before last muster | |
| Private | Richard Wannemaker | Prisoner Before last muster | |
| Private | Frederick Bruce | Prisoner Before last muster | |
| Private | Coenrad Frisener | Prisoner Before last muster | |
| Private | Peter Fisher | Prisoner Before last muster | |
| Private | Jacob Montonye | Prisoner Before last muster | |
| Private | William Winter | Prisoner Before last muster | |
| Private | David Byard | Prisoner Before last muster | |
| Private | Henry Laubock | Prisoner Before last muster | |
| Private | William Brown | Prisoner Before last muster | |
| Private | Matthew Bennet | Prisoner Before last muster |
Note on Richard Wannemaker: Richard Wannamaker died in gaol in Philadelphia in 1780. His widow, Elizabeth, married a John Post, and settled in the Maugerville, New Brunswich, Canada area.
Transcribed by Donna Ristenbatt. From the New Jersey State Archives, Trenton, NJ. Loyalist Muster Rolls, Reel #232, Vol. 4, pg. 1245.
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